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MRI of intracranial meningiomas: correlations with histology and physical consistency

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Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) appearances of 43 intracranial meningiomas were reviewed and correlated with their histology and consistency at surgery and on pathological examination. There was a statistically significant prevalence of hard tumours within the fibroblastic subtypes. No statistically significant correlation between signal intensity and histology or consistency was found. A meningioma hyperintense on T2-weighted images, is, however, unlikely to be fibroblastic or hard.

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  1. Department of Neuroradiology, Policlinico, Via del Pozzo 71, I-41100, Modena, Italy

    P. Carpeggiani & G. Crisi

  2. Department of Neuroradiology, Ospedale Bellaria, Bologna, Italy

    C. Trevisan

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Carpeggiani, P., Crisi, G. & Trevisan, C. MRI of intracranial meningiomas: correlations with histology and physical consistency. Neuroradiology 35, 532–536 (1993). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00588715

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